Richard Bennett (actor)

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Richard Bennett
Richardbennett.jpg
As Father Anselm in A Royal Family
Photograph by Otto Sarony, 1900
Born
Clarence Charles William Henry Richard Bennett [1] :8

(1870-05-21)May 21, 1870
DiedOctober 22, 1944(1944-10-22) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1891–1943
Spouses
Grena Heller
(m. 1901;div. 1903)
(m. 1903;div. 1925)
Aimee Raisch
(m. 1927;div. 1937)
Children
Relatives Morton Downey Jr. (grandson)

Clarence Charles William Henry Richard Bennett (May 21, 1870 October 22, 1944) was an American actor who became a stage and silent screen actor over the early decades of the 20th century. He was the father of actresses Constance Bennett, Barbara Bennett and Joan Bennett with actress Adrienne Morrison, his second wife.

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Biography

Richard Bennett in 1908 Richard Bennett 1.jpg
Richard Bennett in 1908

Bennett was born in Deer Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana, in May 1870. [a] Called Clarence until he was 10, he was the eldest child of George Washington Bennett and Eliza Leonora Bennett. [1] :8 [2] His younger sister was Ina Blanche Bennett. [3] For a time, he was a sailor on Great Lakes steamer, a professional boxer, medicine showman, troubadour and night clerk in a hotel in Chicago. Bennett made his stage debut on May 10, 1891, in Chicago, in The Limited Mail. [1] :15 He went to New York City, where his Broadway debut was in His Excellency the Governor (1899), which was produced by Charles Frohman. In his third Broadway production, he played the role of Father Anselm in Frohman's production of A Royal Family (1901–02).

Bennett with his daughters, (from left) Constance, Joan and Barbara (1918) Richard-Bennett-Daughters.jpg
Bennett with his daughters, (from left) Constance, Joan and Barbara (1918)

Bennett was married to Grena Heller in 1901 in San Francisco. They soon separated and were divorced in 1903. Using her married name, she starred in a few plays on Broadway and went on to a successful career as a music critic for Hearst's New York American .

On November 8, 1903, Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison were married in Jersey City. They had three daughters, all notable actresses: Constance Bennett, Barbara Bennett and Joan Bennett.

In 1905, Bennett won fame as the leading man, Hector Malone, Jr., in Shaw's Man and Superman . That was followed by his successful appearance as Jefferson Ryder in Charles Klein's hit play The Lion and the Mouse (1905).

A series of spectacular roles followed. In 1908, he played the role of John Shand opposite Maude Adams in J. M. Barrie's What Every Woman Knows . Frequent quarrels between the stars occurred during the run of the play, and when Adams opened in Peter Pan , Bennett telegraphed his congratulations "on achieving your long ambition to be your own leading man."

Bennett is also known for adapting socially conscious works of Eugène Brieux, including Maternity .

In 1913, Bennett had a theatrical success starring as Georges Dupont in the stage drama Damaged Goods , which he also co-produced. He won a reputation for his curtain harangues, which friendsand criticssaid were at least as good as his stage portrayals when he wound up an appearance by stepping in front of the curtain and castigating the police and courts for "narrow-mindedness". He developed this penchant until his ab-lib speeches won greater applause than many of the plays in which he acted.

Bennett reprised his stage role for his feature film debut, Damaged Goods (1914), which co-starred his wife, Adrienne Morrison. He helped adapt the screenplay and direct the drama. In the drama The Valley of Decision (1916), which he wrote, Bennett appeared on the screen with his wife Morrison and his three daughters.

In 1922, Bennett starred in Broadway's English-language version of Leonid Andreyev's melodrama He Who Gets Slapped , playing the title role as He. The success of the play led to a film adaptation by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with Lon Chaney in Bennett's role.

Bennett and Morrison appeared together on stage in the 1923 play The Dancers . They were divorced in April 1925.

Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925 RichardBennettByRalphBarton.jpg
Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925

In 1925, he became acquainted with Aimee Raisch in San Francisco, during the production of Creoles, in which she played a minor role. [4] She was a young socialite and aspiring actress who was divorcing her millionaire clubman and polo player husband, Harry G. Hastings.

Bennett and Raisch were married on July 11, 1927, in Chicago. [5]

His daughter Joan made her stage debut acting with Bennett in Jarnegan (1928). This play, in which he played Jack Jarnegan, provided one of his favorite rolesthat of a belligerent, drunken movie director given to acidulous and profane comments on Hollywood.

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Richard Bennett, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Don Dillaway, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins The-Magnificent-Ambersons-1.jpg
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
Richard Bennett, Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Don Dillaway, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins

He and Raisch separated April 3, 1934, and were divorced in 1937. [6] [b]

With the advent of sound film, the middle-aged Bennett found a niche as a character actor. In 1931 he appeared with his daughter Constance Bennett in Bought . He played the dying millionaire John Glidden in the episodic If I Had a Million (1932) distributing million dollar checks to characters played by Gary Cooper, George Raft, and Charles Laughton, which also stars W. C. Fields. Bennett is probably best known for his role as Major Amberson in Orson Welles's second feature film, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942). Journey into Fear (1943), Welles's next production, was Bennett's final film.

Richard Bennett died at age 74 from a heart attack at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. [8] Episcopal funeral services were conducted on October 24, 1944, in Beverly Hills. He is interred in Pleasant View Cemetery, Lyme, Connecticut, beside his second wife and mother of his daughters. [9]

Bennett was fond of saying that the movie industry was not a business, but a madhouse. [10]

Select theatre credits

Margalo Gillmore, Frank Reicher and Richard Bennett in the Broadway production of He Who Gets Slapped (1922) He-Who-Gets-Slapped-1922-3.jpg
Margalo Gillmore, Frank Reicher and Richard Bennett in the Broadway production of He Who Gets Slapped (1922)
DateTitleRoleNotes
May 10, 1891The Limited MailTombstone Jake [11] Standard Theatre, Chicago [12]
First appearance on the professional stage, beginning in a small role but eventually playing the lead
Production is on the road for a total of 54 weeks [1] :15–16
New York debut November 16, 1891 at Niblo's Garden [11]
May 1897A Round of PleasureHarry Spaulding [13] Knickerbocker Theatre, New York [12]
October 4, 1897–The Proper CaperAchille [14] Hoyt's Theatre, New York
Produced by Gustave Frohman
Cast includes Henry Bergman, Amelia Bingham, Alice Fischer [12] [15] [16]
November 22, 1897– The White Heather Dick Beach Academy of Music, New York
Written by Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton, produced by Charles Frohman [12] [17]
February 13–March 25, 1899Her AtonementCharles Le RoyAcademy of Music, New York
Produced by Charles Frohman [12] [18] [19]
March 29, 1899–At the White Horse TavernFrederick Siedler Wallack's Theatre, New York
Produced by Charles Frohman [12]
Bennett replaces Joseph Holland [20]
May 9, 1899–His Excellency the GovernorCaptain Rivers [12] Lyceum Theatre, New York
Written by Robert Marshall, produced by Charles Frohman [21]
March 26–April 1900Twelve Months LaterFrederick SiedlerHoyt's Theatre, New York [21]
Sequel to At the White Horse Tavern [22]
September 5, 1901–February 1902A Royal FamilyFather AnselmLyceum Theatre, New York
Written by Robert Marshall, produced by Charles Frohman [21]
December 30, 1901–February 1902Sweet and TwentyVillain [12] Hoyt's Theatre, New York
Written by Basil Hood, produced by Charles Frohman [21]
October 20–November 1902His Excellency the GovernorCaptain Rivers [12] Garrick Theatre, New York [21]
November 17, 1902–January 1903ImprudenceJimmy Greaves [12] Empire Theatre, New York [21]
October 19–December 1903The Best of FriendsThe Boer Boy [12] Academy of Music, New York
Written by Cecil Raleigh, produced by Charles Frohman
Cast includes Lionel Barrymore [21]
December 29, 1903–May 1904The Other GirlMr. TaylorCriterion Theatre, Empire Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, New York
Cast includes Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Sheldon), Elsie de Wolfe (Estelle Kitteridge), Frank Worthing (Dr. Clifton Bradford) [21]
September 5, 1905– Man and Superman Hector Malone, Jr. Hudson Theatre, New York
Written by George Bernard Shaw, produced by Charles Dillingham
Cast includes Edward Abeles (Henry Straker), Clara Bloodgood (Violet Robinson), Fay Davis (Anne Whitefield), Alfred Hickman (Octavius Robinson), Robert Loraine (John Tanner) [21]
November 20, 1905–The Lion and the MouseJefferson RyderLyceum Theatre, Grand Opera House, Hudson Theatre, Academy of Music, New York
Written by Charles Klein, produced by Henry B. Harris
Cast includes Edmund Breese (John Burkett Ryder) [21]
August 30, 1906–February 1907The HypocritesLennard Wilmore [12] Hudson Theatre, New York
Written by Henry Arthur Jones, produced by Charles Frohman
Cast includes Viva Birkett, W. H. Denny, Leslie Faber, Doris Keane, Jessie Millward [21]
January 20–March 1908Twenty Days in the ShadeHenri, Comte de Merville Savoy Theatre, New York
Produced by Charles Frohman
Cast includes Pauline Frederick [21] [23]
September 5–September 1908Diana of Dobson'sVictor Bretherton Savoy Theatre, New York
Written by Cicely Hamilton, produced by Charles Frohman [21] [24]
December 23, 1908–June 1909 What Every Woman Knows John ShandEmpire Theatre, New York
Written by J.M. Barrie, produced by Charles Frohman
Cast includes Maude Adams (Maggie Wylie), David Torrence (David Wylie), Lumsden Hare (Charles Venables) [21]
August 11–September 1910The Brass BottleHorace VentimoreLyceum Theatre, New York
Written by F. Anstey, produced by Charles Frohman [21] [25]
January 9–May 1911 The Deep Purple William Lake Lyric Theatre, New York [21]
September 14–December 1911Passers-byCriterion Theatre, New York [21]
December 25, 1912–May 1913Stop ThiefJack DooganGaiety Theatre, New York [21]
March 14–May 1913 Damaged Goods Georges Dupont Fulton Theatre, New York
Produced by Richard Bennett and Wilton Lackaye, Jr. [21]
January 6–January 1915MaternityPrincess Theatre, New York
Written by Eugene Brieux, adapted by Richard Bennett [21]
April 4–May 1916Rio GrandeEmpire Theatre, New York
Written by Augustus Thomas [21]
February 13–March 1917The Morris Dance Little Theatre, New York [21]
April 9–May 1917Bosum FriendsLiberty Theatre, New York [21]
August 9–August 1917The Very IdeaAlan CampAstor Theatre, New York
Written by William LeBaron [21]
September 14, 1918–May 1919The Unknown PurpleLyric Theatre, New York
Written by Roland West and Carlyle Moore [21]
April 8–May 1919A Good Bad WomanHarris Theatre, New York
Written by William Anthony McGuire, directed by Richard Bennett [21]
December 19, 1919–May 1920For the DefenseChristopher Armstrong [26] Playhouse Theatre, New York
Written by Elmer Rice [21]
February 2–May 1920 Beyond the Horizon Robert MayoMorosco Theatre, New York
Written by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Homer Saint-Gaudens [21]
September 5–November 1921The HeroAndrew LaneBelmont Theatre, New York [21]
January 9–June 1922He Who Gets SlappedHeGarrick Theatre, New York [21]
October 17, 1923–February 1924The DancersTonyBroadhurst Theatre, New York
Written by Gerald Du Maurier
Cast includes Barbara Bennett [21]
November 24, 1924–October 1925They Knew What They WantedTonyGarrick Theatre, New York
Written by Sidney Howard [21]
December 17, 1926–February 1927Oh, PleaseSammy SandsFulton Theatre, New York
Written by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber
Cast includes Helen Broderick, Beatrice Lillie, Charles Winninger [21]
September 24, 1928–January 1929JarneganJack JarneganLongacre Theatre, New York
Directed by Richard Bennett
Cast includes Joan Bennett (stage debut) [21]
October 14–November 1930Solid SouthMajor Bruce FollonsbyLyceum Theatre, New York
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian
Cast includes Bette Davis, Jessie Royce Landis [21]
September 25, 1935–March 1936 Winterset Judge Gaunt Martin Beck Theatre, New York
Written by Maxwell Anderson, directed by Guthrie McClintic
Cast includes Burgess Meredith [21]

Selected filmography

DateTitleRoleNotes
1914 Damaged Goods George DupontCast: Adrienne Morrison, John Steppling [27]
1916And the Law SaysLawrence KirbyCast: George Periolat, Adrienne Morrison, William Carroll [27]
Philip Holden — WasterPhilip HoldenCast: George Periolat, Adrienne Morrison, Rhea Mitchell, Clarence Burton, Orral Humphrey [27] [28]
The Sable BlessingGeorge SlocumCast: Rhea Mitchell, Adrienne Morrison, George Newton, George Periolat [27]
The Valley of DecisionYoung Manhood/Arnold GrayCast: Adrienne Morrison, George Periolat [27]
1917The Gilded YouthJohn SlocumCast: Rhea Mitchell, Adrienne Morrison, George Periolat, Charles Newton [27]
1919Secret MarriageScreenwriter [28]
The End of the Road DoctorCast: Claire Adams, Alice Brady [27]
1921R.S.V.P.Technical director [28]
The BarnstormerTechnical director [28]
1924 The Eternal City BrunoCast: Barbara La Marr, Bert Lytell [27]
Youth for Sale Montgomery BreckCast: May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, Charles Emmett Mack, Dorothy Allen [27]
1925Lying WivesTed StanhopeCast: Clara Kimball Young, Madge Kennedy, Edna Murphy, Niles Welch, J. Barney Sherry [27]
1928 The Home Towners Vic ArnoldCast: Doris Kenyon, Robert McWade, Robert Edeson, Gladys Brockwell, John Miljan, Vera Lewis [27]
1931 Five and Ten John RarickCast: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard [27]
Bought David MeyerCast: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon [27]
Arrowsmith Gustav SondeliusCast: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes [27]
1932 This Reckless Age Donald IngalsCast: Buddy Rogers, Peggy Shannon [27]
No Greater Love SurgeonCast: Dickie Moore [27]
Madame Racketeer Elmer HicksCast: Alison Skipworth, George Raft [27]
Strange Justice KearneyCast: Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny [27]
If I Had A Million John GliddenCast: Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, May Robson [27]
1933 Big Executive Commodore RichardsonCast: Ricardo Cortez [27]
1934 Nana Gaston GreinerCast: Anna Sten, Lionel Atwill [27]
1935This Woman is MineKorn Gregory Ratoff, John Loder, Benita Hume [27]
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons Major AmbersonCast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt [27]
1943 Journey into Fear Ship's CaptainCast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río [27]

Notes

  1. Some sources erroneously state Bennett's year of birth as 1872 or 1873. Bennett deliberately confused his year of birth and his specific place of birth, which many sources state as Deacon's Mills, Indiana. The most accurate source of information is the 1870 Federal Census. [1] :7–8
  2. Raisch died in San Francisco in 1955. [7]

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